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Applied Vegetation Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 159 205 194 20
Plant Science and Agronomy 159 25 54 14
Environmental Sciences 657 13 15 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 232
Documents by Best Scientists*: 206
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 77
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.855
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Applied Vegetation Science?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Ecology, Vegetation, Species richness, Agronomy and Plant community. Grassland, Habitat, Species diversity, Ecological succession and Biodiversity are all aspects of Ecology discussed in Applied Vegetation Science. It is mostly focused on Grassland, specifically Forb.

Issues in Vegetation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ordination, Agroforestry, Abundance (ecology), Physical geography and Grazing. Applied Vegetation Science holds forums on Species richness that merges themes from other disciplines such as Understory and Introduced species, Native plant. Applied Vegetation Science investigates Introduced species research which frequently intersects with Invasive species.

The Agronomy works featured in Applied Vegetation Science incorporate elements from Restoration ecology and Botany. Studies on Plant community discussed in the journal link to the field of Wetland.

  • Ecology (68.05%)
  • Vegetation (37.26%)
  • Species richness (27.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities (448 citations)
  • Impact of land use changes on mountain vegetation (331 citations)
  • Species pool: the concept, its determination and significance for community restoration. (288 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Vegetation Science:

The most cited papers cover a variety of subjects, including Ecology, Vegetation, Species richness, Agronomy and Plant community. The published articles facilitate discussions on Vegetation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Abundance (ecology), Grazing, Restoration ecology and Agroforestry. In addition to Species richness research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Secondary succession, Chronosequence, Global biodiversity, Understory and Forb.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of the journal are Ecology, Plant community, Grassland, Species richness and Forestry. The journal aims to form a more comprehensive understanding of the field by integrating disciplines like Ecology and Composition (visual arts). Plant community research discussed in Applied Vegetation Science aim to provide more information in the subject of Vegetation.

In addition to Vegetation research, Applied Vegetation Science aims to explore topics under Physical geography and Scale (map). Topics in Grassland explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Hay, Grazing and Habitat. The studies in Forestry featured incorporate elements of Mediterranean climate and Understory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 4th edition (58 citations)
  • Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light‐demand signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi‐natural temperate forests (4 citations)
  • Site types revisited: Comparison of traditional Russian and Finnish classification systems for European boreal forests (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Applied Vegetation Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Milan Chytrý (43 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Alessandro Chiarucci (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jan P. Bakker (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kris Verheyen (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Lubomír Tichý (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Applied Vegetation Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Masaryk University (63 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (55 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Groningen (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Göttingen (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • United States Forest Service (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 4.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.35% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.98% of all publications and 55.91% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 4th edition

    Jean‐Paul Theurillat;Wolfgang Willner;Federico Fernández‐González;Helga Bültmann

    (2021)
    358 Citations
  • EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

    Milan Chytrý;Lubomír Tichý;Stephan M. Hennekens;Ilona Knollová

    (2020)
    352 Citations
  • About the link between biodiversity and spectral variation

    Unknown

    (2022)
    122 Citations
  • Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe

    Unknown

    (2022)
    79 Citations
  • Alien flora across European coastal dunes

    Silvia Giulio;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta;Marta Carboni;Juan Antonio Campos

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Classification of the Hyrcanian forest vegetation, northern Iran

    Hamid Gholizadeh;Hamid Gholizadeh;Alireza Naqinezhad;Milan Chytrý

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation

    Gianmaria Bonari;Gianmaria Bonari;Federico Fernández‐González;Süleyman Çoban;Tiago Monteiro‐Henriques;Tiago Monteiro‐Henriques

    (2021)
    43 Citations

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